A true story of a poor Irish immigrant who sets sail for America in 1928 with dreams of becoming a millionaire. Stricken with tuberculosis and miraculously healed through prayer, he spends his life, with the help of the most iconic celebrities of Hollywood, championing the message worldwide, "The family that prays together stays together."
Thirteen years after the American Civil War, three mysterious characters converge upon a strange New Mexico Territory town on a quest for a lost Confederate fortune. Two are in love and one is full of hate.
Here are four cool Poverty Row movies on two discs, all from PRC Pictures: LAW OF THE TIMBER (1941) Marjorie Reynolds, Monte Blue, J. Farrell MacDonald. The irresistibly beautiful Reynolds falls heir to her dad's outdoor business. Unfortunately there are a bunch of greedy gangsters after it and they will stop at nothing to get it, and that includes murder! THEY RAID BY NIGHT (1942) Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, Charley Rogers. Brit Commandos send Talbot to Norway in preparation for...
5 vintage murder mysteries from the pre-Code era, the most daring period in Hollywood's history: 'Murder at Dawn' (1932), 'The King Murder' (1932), 'Discarded Lovers' (1932), 'Curtain at Eight' (1933), and 'Tomorrow at Seven' (1933).
Ten racy, hilarious, off-the wall short subjects from the anything goes pre-Code era, with stars including Franklin Pangborn and Louise Brooks (in a rare talkie appearance.)
A young infiltrator, Peter (Christien Anholt), is despatched by moral crusaders in Parliament to gather evidence for a private prosecution against fetish clubs operating all over Britain, where many of the saucier activities are illegal. From Peter's background as a virginal employee of the Holy Hardware computer company (motto: Log On To The Lord!), he is thrust into the sex glamour shock of these big fetish clubs and parties. Beautiful girls are there in abundance doing wicked things! The...
The series Preamar follows the story of Joao Ricardo Velasco, a wealthy and highly successful businessman who makes the wrong bet in the financial market and loses everything he has. In search of new ways to make money, he will discover the profitable informal market that operates on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro -- all this without revealing his real situation to his family. In its 13 episodes, the series mixes drama and comedy to provide a vision of the beaches of Rio never seen before....
The disappearance of teenagers and a child, plus the brutal slaying of livestock, attracts the media. A New York tabloid editor commissions freelance reporter Kelly O'Neill to cover the story. She arrives at the moor only to be met with frustration from the local police, and suspicion from the villagers. Kelly moves her camp to the wilds of the moorland and encounters the outcast of the town and supernatural elements. Eventually with the aid of Kane, a big-game hunter, the two discover the...
All The Way Home (1957): A long time resident puts a "For Sale" sign up in front of his home in a quiet, tree-lined, all-white neighborhood. When a black family stops by to look at the house, it creates a buzz which unleashes a wave of fear, panic and racism that threaten to tear the community apart.Integration Report 1 (1960): Film clips from the front lines of the battle for integration. Highlights include a Southern black minister who condones meeting violence with violence. A NYC Police...
In this series of pilates workouts focused entirely on pregnancy and hosted by Australian fitness guru, Tasha Lawton, guides you safely and humorously through all three trimesters to keep your body in shape, strengthen your abs, and hopefully make labor a little less arduous. These workouts will help you maintain control both physically and mentally throughout your pregnancy. Say goodbye to lower back pain, water retention, swollen ankles, weak pelvic floor muscles, and bad posture caused by...
A low impact, energizing pregnancy workout. Consists of a prenatal workout intro, warm up, low impact aerobics, stretch and cool down, interlude of short post partum questions, and post natal workout. Excellent for maintaining good health and weight control during prgnancy.
Megalodon was the biggest predator ever to swim the oceans. And for 20 million years, this ferocious 50-ton shark with a 9-foot jaw and 7-inch serrated teeth terrorized the creatures of the seas. Now, nearly 2 million years after its extinction, a team of scientists is combining research on today's great white with the only Megalodon fossils ever found to unlock the mysteries of this apex predator.
The beautiful Tigri (Laurette Luez) and her amazonian stone age friends are convinced that men are only good for one thing. When they capture some potential mates, Engor (Allan Nixon) resents his treatment and escapes. During the wild pursuit that follows they battle dragons, giants, and discover fire, all without messing up their hair or makeup. Tigri, impressed despite herself, agrees to marry the slightly smarter-than-average Engor, and the continuance of our species is assured.
A documentary featuring the events and world leaders in the period leading up to WWII created by the US Army as a training film that was released to theaters. It is narrated by Walter Huston.
This Oscar winner for Best Documentary was the official World War II Government film statement identifying the various enemies of the Allies. It was the first film in Frank Capra's seven film Why We Fight film series, and is preserved at the National Film Registry as mandated by the United States Library of Congress. Featuring narration by Walter Huston, plus archival footage of Adolph Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and many other key figures of the time, Prelude to War is highlighted by...
In Premature Birth, a madman kidnaps pregnant teenage girls and uses their unborn babies to make expensive leather goods. In Blood School, a high school girls' sleepover turns deadly when their teacher shows up with a lust for bloodshed. In Madam Ans' House of Shame, young women are captured, tortured and forced to do sex acts with strangers or face a horrible death.
Four friends awake from a night of partying to find themselves in a hell of a mess and none can remember quite how it all happened. It may sound like The Hangover, but there's nothing funny about the business in Premeditated. The murder-mystery follows the independent filmmakers in route to a meeting that they hope will finally give them their big break. They get sidetracked, and in a matter of hours they are the prime suspects in a woman's disappearance.
Adjunct professor Joss travels to England to visit the farm where her late mother grew up and bonds with single-father, Daniel, whose family now runs it.
Presenting Judy Garland! Whether swinging a hot number with Bob Crosby's orchestra or emoting a hilariously hammy version of Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene, Judy is a delight as a stage-struck Hoosier in this charming film based on Booth Tarkington's novel. Lily just knows she has the talent to light up the Great White Way, so when a big Broadway producer (Van Heflin) visits her hometown, she expends all the candlepower of her charisma to impress him. He's not impressed. He heads back to...
PRESERVATION is a relentless psychological thriller set in the decaying sprawl of rural America. A camping trip for newlyweds Mike and Wit takes an unexpected turn when they are joined by Mike's brother, Sean, a former marine. When their tent is stolen overnight and they are left without food or water, the brothers turn on each other. A random act of violence becomes a game of cat and mouse. A weekend in the woods becomes survival of the fittest. A young couple must survive their failing...
Days before the November Mid-Term Elections, three young girls who are Muslim, Mexican and Haitian, are stalked by a deranged killer dressed as the POTUS.
Hail to the teeth! The President of the United States has been bitten by a werewolf and is loose on the streets of Washington on a killing rampage! Meet John Wolfman politician, single father and suspect in a series of grizzly murders around the capitol. Throw in Smokey the Bear, a mad scientist, and the Miss Teen beauty pageant and this Wolfman's got his hairy hands full. A comedy/horror/political satire and 'green movie' made entirely out of recycled stock footage, grainy government shorts,...
From George Washington's Mount Vernon to George Bush's Kennebunkport retreat, the private homes of America's presidents have offered peace, seclusion and privacy for the most public of men. America's Castles offers a remarkable, privileged look at some of the most impressive of these PRESIDENTIAL PALACES. Visit the final resting place of Andrew Jackson on the grounds of his sprawling Hermitage estate. With its dignified facade and stately elegance, Hermitage was built to honor Jackson's wife,...